Take advantage of this rare opportunity to live the real Colorado dream! A custom stucco home in Heartwood Ranch, Casa del Sol 21 is for available for $492,000.

Imagine living in a close-knit, progressive community in Southwest Colorado with access to 360 acres, including seven miles of private, maintained trails that wind through rolling Ponderosa and Pinion forests, surrounded by the San Juan Mountains. Think hiking, XC skiing, and mountain biking!

Residing at Heartwood, you will live only 20 minutes from Durango, Colorado, near great shopping, a cutting-edge college, superior restaurants, art galleries, the famous Narrow Gauge Railroad, and cultural events of every sort. You will have easy access to world-class skiing, fishing, and mountain biking in the San Juan Mountains, considered by many to be the most beautiful in Colorado. You will be living a mere 3+ hour drive to international art capital Santa Fe, NM, as well as the famed towns of Taos, NM, Telluride, CO, and Moab, UT, the glorious, old-west mining towns of Silverton, and Ouray, CO and numerous national parks, including Mesa Verde, Chaco Canyon, Arches, Black Canyon, and Canyonlands.

Heartwood # 21 is a 2,611-sq.-ft., custom-built delight. This three-bedroom, three-bath, energy-efficient Southwest-style home features huge windows and an open floor plan, tile floors with radiant in floor heat on all levels and lots of indoor and outdoor room for entertaining. The home is located on the north end of Heartwood Ranch, a 24-home community replete with an organic farm, hot tub, tennis court, a high-end woodshop, greenhouse, open space and plenty of pastureland for your horses.

Think of yourself stepping out onto the master bedroom veranda and into the hot tub with your cup of morning coffee to watch the sun rise in the east framed by two towering ponderosa pines. Below you are the stucco-walled back patio with a fire pit, fountain, and deck. It’s the perfect place to gather with friends. Snuggle up in the living room or the family room—each has a fireplace and soaring ceilings.

In addition, the home has a lower suite with a separate entrance that is perfect for guests, a mother-in-law suite, an art studio or a rental unit.

The front of the home has mature landscaping with flowers and a shaded front porch with low-maintenance Trex decking. This home is also available for short term rentals.

Home features include:

Main house 3 bedrooms / 2 bathrooms plus an office with built in bookshelves, French doors

Close-by carport with storage and free-standing shed for gardening and toys.

There are 166 cohousing communities in the United States. Heartwood has been considered the Cadillac model by many. It is not nirvana, but it is pretty “darn” close! People love that it is rural with all the amenities, yet close to Durango.

Contact Sondra Joyce at 970-749-6120. Sondra is a licensed realtor in the State of Colorado.